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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grover had a tattoo of what on his right arm?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A scull.
(c) A heart.
(d) A woman's name.

2. How old was Annie?
(a) About 59.
(b) Almost as old as Dan.
(c) About 55.
(d) About 65.

3. How many rooms did Annie's house have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. What did Nerburn feel was a comfort and protection from the thoughts of the dying women and children at Wounded Knee?
(a) Memories of a happy childhood.
(b) The smoke from the pipe Dan gave him to smoke.
(c) Thoughts of eternal life.
(d) Thoughts of his family.

5. What was important when Indians fought other Indians?
(a) To take the other tribe's women as wives.
(b) To take as many prisoners as possible.
(c) To kill as many of the other tribe as possible.
(d) To 'count coup.'

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't Dan speak or write, according to the grandfathers?

2. What question did Nerburn ask the Indian which he shouldn't have asked?

3. What was the name of Danelle's mother?

4. Who was Ziolkowski?

5. What did Sitting Bull's monument overlook?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Dan means when he talks about white mens' cages?

2. How do whites treat history of Lincoln differently than the history of Jesus?

3. Describe what was on the grassy field below where Dan, Grover and Nerburn were parked in Chapter 12.

4. What did Dan answer when Nerburn asked him if the Pow Wow was their destination?

5. Dan said the white people had made them blanket Indians hanging around the trading post for handouts. What did he say they were now?

6. Describe Annie.

7. Dan asked Nerburn to help him and Nerburn wanted to do that but what else did Nerburn feel he needed to do?

8. According to Dan, why are white people in trouble?

9. What is Paha Sapa?

10. How did the storm affect the three men?

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